PFSGM Vocational Blog

“I’m not worthy…” At breakfast recently, we sisters were discussing how often this apparently-humble phrase twists itself into preventing...

From the Legend of St. Clare (Ch. IV, 2-8) “The Solemnity of the Day of the Palms was at hand when the young girl [Clare] went with a...

Peace and good! My name is Sister Clara (born Marta Peixoto) and I am from Portugal; I entered the community when I was 17 years old, now...

In the Gospel of Mark (6:45-52), we read that Jesus “saw the disciples tired of rowing because the wind was against them.” This makes me...

When talking about a vocation or God’s will, sometime we have the tendency to think of it as a mytery in the sense of something that...

I have wanted to be a nun for as long as I can remember… When I was about 12 years old, I began to attend a certain “nun camp” every...

Peace and Good! I would like to recount an episode that has been very important in my life and my vocational journey: the day I...

Pope Francis says: “Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer. Only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit.” That’s actually what...

Speak, Lord, your servant listens (translated from Portuguese) I hear your voice calling me from afar And my soul longs to surrender But...

“To have faith is to sign a blank page and let God write whatever he wants.” (attributed to St. Augustine) This is a profound phrase that...